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H. JOHNSON SHOE SHINING CABINET Aug. 28, 11923.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 3 INVENTOR- Aug. 28, 1923.

' H. JOHNSON SHOE sunune CABINET Filed May 38 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A T TORNE rs.

' specification.

Patented Aug. 2s, teas.

teases?- ENRY menses, or MIunEAroLrs, IIIINNEJSOTAJ i SHOE-SHINlNG CABINET.

Application filed May as,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it-lr own that I, lCIENIiY JoinisoN, a citizen 'ot' the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Shining Cabinets, otwhich the following is a My invention relates to shoe shining cabinets, and an object is to provide an article of this kind embodying a box provided wlth a shoe rest which will be positioned for use at differentheights according to the extent to which the box is opened. Another object is to provide a device of this character which will hold in compact form all of the imple ments and polishes which it is desired to have on hand for cleaning and polishing shoes without danger of spilling and scattering these polishes and implements when the box is opened.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description, and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

n Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate .the application of my invention in one form;-

Fig. 1 is a view of my cabinet in central vertical section. and showing it in closed position. Fig. 2 is a view in horzontal section on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section on theline 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end elevational view showing the cabinet partly open. Fig. 5 is an end ele vaztional view showing the cabinet fully opened.

As shown in the drawings, my cabinet comprises a box having a bottom member 10, the opposite sides of which are provided respectively with hinges 12 and 14 for hinge-d attachment of two closure members. These closure members are similarly constructed and hence the same reference characters will be used for corresponding parts thereof. Directly attached by the hinges are narrow wall members 16 to the inner edges of which are secured strips or cleats 18 which provide a better attachment for the hinges. To the outer edges of the wall members 16 side members 20 are secured and cover members 22 are secured to the upper edges of these side members. Secured to both ends of the side members 20 are end members 24 extending 1921. Serial In 473,227.

between the mu members '16 and the cover WWWm members 22. -llach of the four end members 24 opp'ositetheside members 20 is formed with an inclined edge 26 terminated by. a right angle portion 28 adjacent'the cover 7 member-22. Secured to the two ends of the bottom member 10 are end members 30 having upwardly converging" inclined edges 32 terminated by a-horizontal edge '34. WVhen the box-is closed as shown in Fig. 1, the inclined edges 26 engage theinclined edges 32 and the right angle-portions 28 come together above the horizontal edge 34. Secured to the inside of the two end members 30 are standards 36 to the upper ends of which a foot rest 88 is secured. Extending upwardly from the bottom member 10 are a turning them through 90 into the position" shown -'in Fig. 4, the shoe rest 38 will be somewhat raised. from its initial position but will still be at a suitable height for use i by children and shortpersons. When the closure members are opened up completely by turning them through another into the position shown in Fig. 5, the shoe rest will be still further raised and will be at a suitable height for use by tall persons. It will benoted that the bottom. memberv 10 is in a horionta'l position no matter whether the cabinet is in closed position, partly open position or fully opened position. Hence, the various articles in the compartments will be kept in upright position without liability of spilling. In use the closure members may be conveniently moved simultaneously from closed position into open position and vice versa. However, should the closure "members be moved .one at a time from the closedposition shown in. Fig. 1 into the partly opened position shown in Fig. 4. and vice versa, or from the position shown in 4 into the fully opened position shown in Fig.

'5, and vice versa, it is obvious that the tilting movement'of the bottom member 1 0 will not be sulficiently great to spill or scatter the articles contained in the compartments I claim:

1. A cabinet comprising a .bottom' memher, two end members secured to said bottom 'nember and having upwardly converging edges, and two closure members hinged to the opposite edges of said bottom member, each'of said closure members having a narrow wallwhich when the cabinets isflclosed forms a continuation of said bottom member andhavlngend'walls w1t h inclined edges 5 Which when the cabinet is closed engage said member and having upwardly converging edges, two closure members hinged to the opposite edges of said bottom member,- each of said closure members'having a narrow wall which when the cabinet is closed forms a continuation of'sa id bottom member and havingend walls with inclined edges which when the cabinet is closed engage said up wardly converging edges and having a side wall adapted to rest upon the floor when the cabinet is partly opened and having'a top Wall at right anglesto said-side Wall adapted to rest upon the floor when the cabinet is fully opened, compartments carried by said'bottom member foriholding shoe shining accessories, standards extending up- Wardly from said bottomlmembenand a shoe-rest secured to the upper ends of said standards. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiii my signature.

HENn- JoI-mson 

